antennal
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Migratory locusts differ from other insects in the anatomical structure of their olfactory brain, the antennal lobe, which receives and processes olfactory information from the antenna.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 18, 2024
You’ll have ants passing each other along a trail, making antennal taps, like Morse code: Hey, we gotta go this way, or go here for foraging.
From National Geographic ● Aug. 6, 2017
The survivors watched with primeval awe as their children appeared, stretching their magnificent antennal legs towards the cotton at the bottle top in anticipation of adult life.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 15, 2012
He looked about him at his handsome neighbors, flexing their superbly hairy antennal legs.
From Scientific American ● Apr. 15, 2012
I am inclined to believe that the entire order of Neuroptera has antennal ears, and should therefore in this respect be classed with Lepidoptera.
From The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals by Weir, James
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